Crate noodles::tabix [−][src]
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noodles-tabix handles the reading and writing of the tabix format.
A tabix (TBI) is an index file typically used to allow random access of an accompanied file that is
- bgzipped,
- tab-delimited,
- grouped by reference sequence name, and
- coordinate sorted by start position.
It can be used to find relevant records for a given genomic region.
Examples
Read a tabix file
use noodles_tabix as tabix; let index = tabix::read("sample.vcf.gz.tbi")?;
Modules
Tabix index and fields.